Mrs. Brown's Boys (TV Series 2011– ) - IMDb IMDb There was an error trying to load your rating for this title. Some parts of this page won't work property. Please reload or try later. X Beta I'm Watching This! Keep track of everything you watch; tell your friends. Error A comedy centered on a loud-mouthed Irish matriarch whose favorite pastime is meddling in the lives of her six children. Stars: When all of her kids in turn declare that she is overweight Agnes reluctantly decides to go on a diet but she finds it hard to sustain and begins to cheat. Suffering from heartburn she innocently ... 8.7 During a party to celebrate the baptism of Dermot and Maria's triplets, an unwitting Agnes and Winnie are put under the spell of the hypnotist booked to provide the entertainment. Mark has some ... 8.6 Agnes prepares for her unorthodox nativity play, provisionally entitled Men Are Bastards. She finds parts for all the family and their friends though the animals provided by Dermot are not exactly ...

8.5 a list of 44 titles created 23 Jul 2012 a list of 41 titles created 09 Feb 2013 a list of 45 titles created 30 Apr 2013 a list of 33 titles created 15 Oct 2014 a list of 34 titles created 26 Dec 2014 Title: Mrs. Brown's Boys (2011– ) 7.4/10 Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site? Use the HTML below. You must be a registered user to use the IMDb rating plugin. 9 wins & 14 nominations. See more awards » Photos A company tries to shut down Mrs Brown's fruit and veg stall. They can feck off. Director: Ben Kellett The misadventures of Agnus Brown in Dublin with her family of misfits Stars: Brendan O'Carroll, Rory Cowan, Jennifer Gibney The unexpected death of her husband sends a woman and her seven children, ages 2-14, into emotional turmoil and financial crisis in 1967 Dublin. She is forced to borrow money from a ...

See full summary » Director: Anjelica Huston Socially inept Miranda always gets into awkward situations; working in her joke shop with best friend Stevie, being hounded by her pushy mother, and especially when she's around her crush Gary. Stars: Miranda Hart, Patricia Hodge, Tom Ellis A part-improvised comedy about a couple bringing up their three young children. Stars: Hugh Dennis, Claire Skinner, Tyger Drew-Honey A boisterous female minister comes to serve in an eccentricly conservative small town's church. Stars: Dawn French, James Fleet, Trevor Peacock Edit Storyline A comedy centered on a loud-mouthed Irish matriarch whose favorite pastime is meddling in the lives of her six children. 1 January 2011 (Ireland) See more » Also Known As: Mrs. Browni poisid See more » Company Credits Did You Know? Trivia Fiona Gibney who plays Winnie's daughter Sharon is the real life sister of Jennifer Gibney who plays Cathy.

See more » Connections Crude, tasteless and achingly funny 23 March 2011 | by Lomax343 (United Kingdom) – See all my reviews This comedy has come in under the radar and has grown in popularity through word of mouth. It's basic ingredients are as old as the hills: a man in drag, bad language, farcical misunderstandings, recycled jokes and, if all else fails, slapstick. It owes a lot to I Didn't Know You Cared and Bread - and ought to be no more than a pale re-hash of a tired formula. It's as sophisticated as Bottom, as erudite as Play Your Cards Right, and as tasteful as a Frankie Boyle monologue. And yet: it's carried off with such panache that none of the above matters. Every episode has had at least one moment that has made me laugh out loud - often to the extent that I was actually in pain. It shamelessly breaks the fourth wall as well - even to the extent of not bothering with re-takes when something goes wrong.

If, for example, a camera is caught in shot, the cast will break out of character for a moment, share a laugh with the audience, then get back to the script. What they broadcast is what actually happened. I get a feeling that some of these "mishaps" may be staged, but that doesn't matter. The show has a strangely incestuous cast, too. It is written by and stars Brendan O'Caroll. Other cast members include his wife, his sister, his son, his daughter, his son-in-law and his daughter-in-law. Best viewed with a beer and a couple of mates: but highly recommended in any event. 34 of 51 people found this review helpful. Was this review helpful to you? Yes Cast Bio's - Mrs Brown's Boys UK Fan Club Mrs Brown's Boys UK Fan Club Is a comedian, writer, actor and director from Finglas, Dublin, Ireland. Brendan O'Carroll was born 17th Sept in 1955 in Dublin's North Inner City and was the youngest of 11 children.

He left school aged 12 and had a string of occupations, Much of his comedy is about his childhood in Finglas and Dublin City Moore Street Home to Market stalls of some of the most wonderful women of Dublin, it provided him with colour, humor & love. He has also written four films and nine comedy shows - These include The Course (1995), Grandad's Sure Lilly's Still Alive(1997), The Last Wedding (1999), Mrs Brown Rides Again (2004), For the Love of Mrs. Brown (2007), and How Now Mrs Brown Cow? (2009) "Good Mourning Mrs Brown" (2011).

He has appeared in many movies and TV shows over the years and has had parts in Max and Paddy's Road to Nowhere, The Royle Family, alongside Anjelica Huston (for which he also wrote the screenplay) And His Recent Movie - Mrs Brown's Boys D Movie ( 2013 ) Brendan has just recently been awarded " The Writer Guild Award 2014" , for his outstanding achievement in his work as a writer just recently Brendan was Honored to be Grand Marshall for 2015 St Patrick Day Parade a very proud day for him & his family He is a member of Mensa Something we can say the man is a genius Jennifer Gibney Jennifer Gibney - Trained with the Dublin Oscar Theatre School, She has done many stage roles Her Film Roles includes - 'Some Mother's Son' 'Sparrow Trap' & Agnes Browne she has played in all the Mrs Brown's plays & dvd's As a director Jennifer has directed Brendan's stand up dvd " How's Your Raspberry Ripples", ( which is very funny, & recommend ) Which won a Sony Gold Disc She Co - Produced with Brendan on his Stand up DVD She is Asst Director on all of Brendan's plays And co-directed all

 the Mrs Brown's DVD's as well as playing Cathy Brown in the Mrs Brown's Boys , Jenny married Brendan O Carroll back in 2005 Fiona O' Carroll Fiona O' Carroll plays the part of Maria Brown in the hilarious TV Series Mrs.

Browns Boys, and is the daughter of Brendan O' Carroll, writer and Creator. Fiona was ten years old when she had a single in the charts and was as they say ' bitten by the bug'. From an early age Fiona knew she wanted to perform, and has done so in many productions over the years including the film "Sparrows Trap", which was written and directed by Brendan O'Carroll. After studying film direction & production in Dublin, she was then given the opportunity to play the part of Maria Brown. Fiona has been Maria Brown on stage, TV, and in all of the Mrs. Brown DVD's for the past eleven years, and has loved every minute. Fiona has three sons, whom she adores & soon to be a Mother again in Sept 2015 and is happily married to Producer Martin Delany, also known as Corny in the Mrs. Browns Boys DVD Boxset. Martin plays ' Trevor' Agnes Son in the TV Series of Mrs Brown's Boys & Mick the Dick' in Good Mourning Mrs.

Brown Tour 2011 GARY HOLLYWOOD Gary Hollywood started acting at the ripe age of 12 when he won over viewers in his performance of Scottish Televisions police drama Taggart "Gingerbread". He then went onto do various TV shows some of which include, Doctor Finlay, Crime Limited, Down To Earth, to name a few but it was Scottish Televisions soap opera "Take The High Road" that was to make him a household name. Gary's film credits include "The Boyhood of John Muir" where he played the title role for PBS in the states, "The Winter Guest" where he played alongside Oscar winning actress Emma Thompson and directed by Alan Rickman, "The Flying Scotsman" with Johnny Lee Miller and Brian Cox and most recently Peter Mullen's acclaimed "Neds". He has worked extensively in the world of theater over his 19 years but it was whilst working in Brendan's theater productions of "Mrs Brown's" trilogy that Gary has returned to our TV screens to play the part of Dino Doyle in the BAFTA nominated "Mrs Brown's Boys" TV series for BBC 1.

Eilish O' Carroll Sister of Brendan O' Carroll, Eilish has done 10 years with a Drama Group in Surrey England , Preforming in many productions, Eilish returned to Ireland to take part in " The Sparrows Trap" Written & Directed By her Brother Brendan O' Carroll She joined Mrs Brown's Boys in 1999, & has played many roles - Includes - Winnie McGoogan, Mrs Nicholson & Dr Flynn, But she is best know for her role As Winnie McGoogan Best Friend & Neighbor Of Agnes Brown Eilish has also written & is performing her very own One Woman Show - " Live Love Laugh " ,which was a sell out in Ireland & the Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2012 & 2013 , a story of her life ( Comedy style ) One of the Top 10 Shows with a 5 star rating at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2013 She is toured with her one woman show around Ireland at the beginning of 2015 & hopefully in the near future UK ,while not in recording & tours with Mrs Brown's Boys PADDY HOULIHAN Paddy first joined the company 10 yrs ago , p

addy first joined to play Ben Wilson in the Highly acclaimed " The Course " and later that year was adopted into the Brown Family, where he embraced the role of Agnes wayward son Dermot , Paddy is a intergral part of the Brown clan Paddy recently got Married ( July 2013) to the lovely Emily Regan aka Barbara who works along side Rory & Dino in Wash & Blow Salon There Due Twins Babies In July 2015 Amanda Woods Born in Letterkenny Co.

Donegal, Brendan first spotted Amanda back in 2000 in a production she was in , Amanda was invited to join the company & has been in every production of Mrs Brown's series , She is also married to Danny O' Carroll who plays Buster Brady, & plays the role of Betty Brown , Agnes daughter in law, Danny & Amanda have two sons, Jamie who plays Bono in the TV series & their youngest son Blake who im sure will be a star with his Parents & Brother Jamie Dermot " Bugsy " O'Neil Bugsy has been with Brendan for over 20 years, he is the only actor ever to play Grandad Brown Bugsy was also nominated for his role as Grandad for Outstanding Actor in a Comedy Role at 2011 Monte Carlo Television Festival Awards. Dermot got Married at the end of March 2012 .

Pat "Pepsi" Shields An accomplished Musician & Singer, Pepsi joined Brendan firstly for the Radio Drama " Mrs Brown's Boys" & also provided his vocal talent on radio , Pepsi rejoined Brendan on stage in "The Course" & then in Mrs Brown's Boys Series for plays most recently as the character "Father Quinn " & also played Rory in the Mrs Brown's plays But is best known for his role as Mark Brown , the good son in the Brown Family Rory Cowan Rory has been with Brendan since 1991, Prior to joining Mrs Brown's Boys he was the Sales & marketing Manager with EMI Records in Ireland , He is now Managing Director of BOC Productions , Rory plays Rory Brown, Rory has played the character since Mrs Brown hit the airwaves back in 1992 Rory is in Panto in Dublin during the Christmas Season ( 2014-2015 ) playing the part of Barbie one of the ugly sisters in Cinderella at the Trivoli Theatre Danny O' Carroll Danny has been lucky so far to have already had great movies under his belt including " Angela's Ashes & Though the Sky Falls " Danny started in Mrs Brown's Boys as a small walking part but graduated to Buster Brady &

 brings a new level of excellence to his role , Danny is Brendan O' Carroll's son , & is Married to Amanda Woods who plays Betty Brown in Mrs Brown's Boys , & his oldest son Jamie takes the part of Bono in the TV Series While on holiday in Florida with his family early January 2012 Danny became a local Hero, when he saved a local guy's life from drowning, not only a great actor but also a great guy too .

Create a free website Mrs. Brown's Boys characters - British Comedy Guide Played by: Brendan O'Carroll Agnes Brown is the undisputed head of the family following the death of her husband some years ago. She loves the clan very dearly, and always does what she feels is best for them, but often manages to put her foot in it. Cathy Brown Played by: Jennifer Gibney Cathy is Agnes's only daughter. She's divorced, having been married in a London registry office some years ago, and is now living back at home in Dublin. She's studying to be a psychologist at night school, and works as a waitress during the day. Try as she might, Cathy just can't seem to meet the man of her dreams... Dermot Brown Played by: Paddy Houlihan Dermot has given Agnes more cause for worry than any of her other children: he went to a private school (as recommended by a Judge)... He is married to Maria Nicholson. At first Agnes couldn't imagine him ever getting married because that would split him from his best pal and sometimes prison mate, Buster Brady; so it came as quite a shock when Dermot and Maria announced their engagement.

Dermot works as a walking advertisement for various companies, so can often be found wearing an odd costume. Rory Brown Hair Stylist. Played by: Rory Cowan Agnes describes Rory as her 'delicate' son. He was always a happy child, but she's concerned that he never has any luck with women. A 'hair stylist' by trade, Agnes is shocked to discover that Rory could - just possibly - actually be a homosexual... In Series 3 Rory marries Dino, his boyfriend and a fellow hair stylist. Mark Brown Played by: Pat Shields (as Pat 'Pepsi' Shields) The eldest of the Brown children, Mark took over the running of the family aged 13, when his father died. He is the steady and sensible one of the family. A carpenter by trade, in Series 3 he almost moved to Australia to find work. Winnie McGoogan Played by: Eilish O'Carroll Winnie's certainly not the sharpest knife in the drawer, but has been a good friend to Agnes ever since they first met. Her husband Jacko has a bad back - if someone mentions work he can't get it off the bed!

Their daughter, Sharon, is still good friends with Cathy, having grown up together. Buster Brady Played by: Danny O'Carroll Buster Brady is a lovable rogue. He's been Dermot's best friend since they were young. Buster's mother ran off just after he was born, and his father is a useless layabout, so most of the time - when not in prison - Buster can be found at the Browns' house. Agnes considers him to be "kind of like the son I never wanted". Maria Nicholson / Brown Nurse. Played by: Fiona O'Carroll Maria Nicholson is Dermot's wife. Her mother is the snooty and judgemental Hillary, but - much to Agnes's relief - Maria doesn't appear to have inherited her airs and graces. Maria works as a nurse. Betty Brown Played by: Amanda Woods Betty is Mark's wife. She and Agnes have a love-hate relationship: Agnes quite likes her really, but still doesn't think she's good enough for her Mark. Agnes manages to forget any ill-will toward Betty when she remembers her beautiful grandson Bono, now aged 4.

Grandad Brown Played by: Dermot O'Neill Grandad is Agnes's father-in-law. When "Redser" Brown died, he left her with little more than this wrinkled old man. He eats, sleeps and moans. Agnes considers Grandad to be "the cross God sent me to balance out the fact that he gave me such wonderful and beautiful children (and Cathy)". Hillary Nicholson Played by: Sorcha Cusack (Series 1) Susie Blake (Series 2-3) Hillary is Maria's snobby mother. When she droped around the Brown house to talk about Maria and Dermot's wedding, she and Agnes ended up trying to out-impress each other... it's something they've kept up ever since. Mrs Brown doesn't have much time for Hillary and is happy when she can slam the door behind her. "That's nice". Dino Doyle Played by: Gary Hollywood Dino is Rory's husband. After a fiery and argumentative period of being boyfriends, they finally got married at the end of Series 3. Dino is a good hairdresser - but is prone to throwing a bit of a hissy fit.

Father Damien (Series 3) Played by: Conor Moloney Father Damien is the local priest. He is often dropping around to see Agnes... but always seems to catch her at the wrong moment. He's seen some quite embarrassing things, like Mrs Brown with a vibrating phone in her knickers. Mrs. Brown's Boys (IRL) - ShareTV Mrs. Brown's Boys (IRL) Remove Show Mrs. Brown's Boys is a sitcom created by and starring Irish writer-performer Brendan O'Carroll. The programme is a co-production between BBC Comedy and BocPix in association with RTÉ. Mrs. Brown's Boys began broadcast in Ireland on RTÉ One starting January 1st, 2011 and finished on 5th February, 2011. It begins in the UK on BBC One on February 17th, 2011 at 9.30pm. TV Special: Chez Mammy Aired: Jan. 01, 2017 Cathy has a new, French boyfriend. He doesn't make the best first impression, which might be an issue if he is to survive meeting Mrs Brown.

… Next Episode Add this show to your profile to be notified when it will return to schedule. Character Guide More Trivia The cartoon in the title sequence shows a mole on the right side of Mrs.Browns chin but during the live performance it appears on the left side. In the original RTE Radio Series version, the fifth son was Simon. He had a stutter/stammer. The never mentioned sixth child in the TV series. There was Seven children in the first film,… [show] In the original RTE Radio Series version, the fifth son was Simon. He had a stutter/stammer. The never mentioned sixth child in the TV series. There was Seven children in the first film, Anjelica Huston's 1999 film "Agnes Browne" (Browne spelt with an e) also, included yet another son Frankie Browne. Both had the story with Pierre, an unused plot in series 1-3 of the TV version. In one of the movie length straight to DVD series version, before the BBC/RTE TV version was made, Simon's non-appearance was explained away as working night-shift at a hospital.

So, you can probably safely assume that the unseen son Simon is probably asleep upstairs or in work in this version. Every episode title featured the word Mammy. Related Links Mrs. Brown's Boys (Series) - TV Tropes Mrs. Brown's Boys You need to login to do this. Get Known if you don't have an account Share WMG Mrs Brown's Boys is a Dom Com about an Irish Catholic housewife with a dirty mind and equally dirty mouth and little shame about using it. She is the matriarch of her family, having four sons and one daughter (many of whom live in her small working class house as they aren't able to afford to move out yet) as well as with her senile father-in-law. The show was created and written by Irish comedian Brendan O'Carroll — who also plays Mrs Agnes Brown herself by dressing in drag . Originally airing on RTÉ One in Ireland, and broadcast shortly after on BBC One , note Although set in Dublin , the show is made at the BBC's Glasgow studios it has had very mixed reception on either side of the Irish Sea, with criticism about its cliché plots and the fact that the idea of a man pretending to be a dirty-mouthed old lady is considered outdated humour.

However it has received high ratings on both channels, and aside from the predictable plots there is a certain irreverence to the series which centres on how harsh Mrs Brown can act towards her family and friends as well as having fair amount of "meta" humour and jokes which break the fourth wall , with Brendan O'Carroll occasionally going wildly off-script just to see what the rest of the cast will do. A movie was produced by Universal Studios and was released June 27th 2014. There's also a stage version, released on DVD, which the TV scripts are based on, but has more swearing . Tropes associated with Mrs Brown's Boys: Animated Credits Opening : A very brief one of Agnes Brown hanging polaroid photographs of her relatives out on her washing line. Attending Your Own Funeral : In the season one finale, Granddad gets suspicious about what people will say about him at his funeral, so he fakes his death with the help of the family to have an old-fashioned Irish wake. When the call for people to say something positive about the deceased is made and leads to an awkward silence, he breaks character as the corpse in outrage.

Brick Joke : Early in one episode, Agnes is tricked into believing that Jesus is speaking to her through the portrait-with-electric-cross she keeps in the kitchen. Later in the episode, a similar circumstance has her angrily ask her washing machine if it's going to start talking too. Bad Job, Worse Uniform : Dermot Brown has a string of these for all the different crappy jobs he's held over the course of the series, including a giant penguin when he was selling Penguin Biscuits and a giant cigarette butt when he was part of a stop smoking campaign. Bait-and-Switch Comparison : Frequently. Lampshaded once; Agnes: I still remember the first time he held the baby. The little red face, all wrinkly and covered in drool ... and then there was the baby. Winnie: [laughing] I knew you were gonna say that. Agnes: Winnie... everyone knew I was gonna say that. [ aside glance ] Bizarrchitecture : In the stage version — the front door is at the edge of the set, logically enough.

The problem is that the staircase leads up to a door that's set into the same wall as the front door — in other words, the upstairs floor must be hanging over the street! Beware the Nice Ones : Grandad, especially around Christmas, but only if you're Agnes. Breaking the Fourth Wall : Always done at the start and end of each episode, as well as numerous times throughout, usually with hilarious results. Butt Monkey : Grandad and Buster Brady. California Doubling : Set in Dublin, but was shot in a studio in Scotland. Camera Abuse : Notable instances include a camera crashing in through the kitchen window and when Agnes is cleaning the windows she is struck by one. In the 2012 Christmas specials, Agnes gets a magnet for horses stuck on her wrist. After she pulls it away from the kitchen sink, it gets stuck on one of the cameras. Camp Gay : Rory Brown and even more so his boyfriend Dino Doyle. So much so that it takes a surprisingly long time for Agnes to catch on. Car Meets House Agnes didn't like the remodeled kitchen anyway.

Characterisation Marches On : In the early episodes of the first series, Winnie wasn't as much of The Ditz as she is from the second series onwards. Corpsing : Frequently in reaction to ad-libs and mistakes, and left in. Crosscast Role : Mrs Agnes Brown, played by series creator and writer Brendan O'Carroll. Curse Cut Short : To the point of being a minor running gag, most notably between Agnes and Cathy. Deadpan Snarker : Agnes Brown, in spades. Dirty Old Woman : Both Agnes Brown and her best friend Winnie McGoogan. The Ditz : Winnie. To the point where her thoughts during a tense poker game are just birdsong. Buster Brady to a lesser extent. Domestic Abuse : Her treatment of her elderly father-in-law. Grandad gets revenge in the Christmas specials. Dull Surprise : Most of the supporting cast are quite wooden due to them being non-actors and are just in the show because they are related to Brendan. The worst example being Amanda Woods who plays Betty. Her surname means a lot to her awful performance. Another example is Jamie O'Carroll as Bono who is just a typical wooden child "actor".

Flash Step : Agnes pulls one off in Mammy Swings when Dermot tries to tell her from another room that Rory and Dino got married in private. Dermot: Mammy... Mammy? *He looks through the partition window.* Where did she go? *Winnie shrugs. Dermot turns round to find Agnes right behind him.* Winnie: I knew you were going to say that. Agnes (with a nod to the audience) Winnie — everyone knew I was gonna say that! And eventually, the cast as well, becoming aware when Brendan O'Carroll is about to go off script to make them laugh . The end of the episode where Agnes' dog dies has Agnes make a Bait-and-Switch Comparison that Cathy and Dermot see coming a mile off - yet still laugh at - and then holding back Dermot for a second, who has this priceless "Oh God, what's he gonna make me do?" grin on his face. What does she ask him to do? Perform "I'm a Little Teapot". He legs it out of there . Huge Guy, Tiny Girl : Most of the Brown boys are quite tall, and tower over their female partners.

Even Cathy's boyfriend Mick is One Head Taller than her. Jerkass : Hilary and Sharon. Jerk with a Heart of Gold : Mrs Brown pretty much epitomizes this trope. Maria like her mother can be quite snooty. Left the Background Music On : Cathy says that due to a fraudulent death certificate, Mrs Brown could go to prison. Cue the Psycho Strings ... until she darts out into the garden to yell at the random string quartet standing there. Agnes Brown: FUCK OFF THE LOT OF YEH! After an EastEnders drum-beat (after Cathy's ex-boyfriend returns), Cathy looks out the door to find Buster Brady turning it into a full drum solo. Medium Awareness : They know they're in a TV show and will often interact with the cameras, crew or mention the fact it's a TV show. If any characters corpse , as they frequently do, it is left in . Agnes: What are you doing here? Buster: It's in the script. They're also aware of who broadcasts the programme. Agnes: What's with the black tape on the side of the box? Buster: Oh, to cover up the name. BBC rules .

Agnes: Although it's very obvious from the box that it's an iPhone 4S. From the first season: Dermot: Mrs Nicholson's dead posh, Ma. Agnes: And so are we! We have a show on the BBC, I don't think she has! From the third Christmas Special: From the second Christmas Special: Winnie: I used to get that a lot with Jacko. It's called Wa- Agnes: Winnie! It's the Christmas episode! *mouths to audience* I'm sorry. Meta Fiction : See above. No Fourth Wall : Mrs Brown frequently talks to the audience, and has been known to drop character and comment on the surrealism of the situation, or point out that they are on a studio set. Studio Audience: Awww (at a sad situation which upsets Mrs Brown) Brendan O'Carroll / Mrs Brown: It's a man in a fuckin' dress! Also: Mrs Brown (Getting up and walking from the living room to the kitchen) Come on, Ciarán. (To audience, as the camera follows her) Ciarán the cameraman. And yes, according to the closing credits one of the camera crew is named Ciarán.

In another episode the phone in the Browns house rings and Mrs Brown declares that it's for Ciarán before handing it off to a camera man....twice. The show may as well be called The Fourth Wall Demolition Crew. In one episode from the third season, Mrs Brown walks out of the kitchen, stopping as the camera is about to pass the set partition, and immediately steps back. She does this twice, giving a glance to the camera. At the end of the second season, they acknowledge that it's the end of the season, "but it can't be, we've no song!" In one episode, Mrs. Brown walks outside the set, only for one of the camera men to knock into him/her. Brendan O'Carroll/Mrs. Brown laughed as the camera man moved away, and O'Carroll/Mrs. Brown wiped his head with a dish cloth before the episode went back underway. Taken up to eleven in Mammy's Gamble: Agnes runs around the living room wall to join Dermot in the kitchen briefly in a scene where she's trapped in the living room with Buster. In one episode, a camera man breaks the kitchen window, something that Agnes comments on.

Psycho Strings : Appears to appear after Mrs Brown says something shocking and ominous in one episode in one episode, but is subverted (see Left the Background Music On ). In an extended scene on the series one DVD, the actors go so far off the rails O'Carrol breaks character to ask the camera crew "if you hear anything I wrote, fuckin' say bingo, will you?" Shout-Out : Mrs Brown tries to set a booby trap with Acme branded products Sir Swears-a-Lot : Though not continuously swearing, she has no shame in doing so if she feels the situation requires it. (She sometimes substitutes the less obscene "feck", although the hard-of-hearing subtitlers don't always get it right.) Sitcom Archnemesis : Agnes and Hilary in the majority of series 2-3. Sliding Scale of Fourth Wall Hardness : In the Christmas specials for Agnes' friends and family. Buster is unsettled by Agnes randomly giving a PSA, while Mark and Cathy end the episode for Agnes in the first special.

In the first episode of the third season, Winnie refers to Agnes's opening monologue being in the local pub as "talking to yersel'." Winnie: You usually do that in your kitchen. The end-of-season songs count as well. Studio Audience : Occasionally included in shot, as well as addressed . Mrs Brown's Boys - 'We are not the Waltons' - BBC News Mrs Brown's Boys - 'We are not the Waltons' By Steven Brocklehurst BBC Scotland news website 23 December 2012 Read more about sharing. Close share panel Image caption Mrs Brown will have two Christmas specials on BBC One before a new series starts in January Mrs Brown's Boys has been a surprise success - winning a Bafta for best sitcom and gathering up to eight million viewers on BBC One. It returns for a third series, starting with two Christmas specials on Christmas Eve and Boxing Day. Its creator and star Brendan O'Carroll explains how it took 20 years to become an overnight success. She is a foul-mouthed Irish mammy who is played by a 57-year-old man.

To make matters more confusing, Brendan O'Carroll's real-life wife plays his TV daughter, his TV son's wife is acted by his daughter, and his big sister is his neighbour and best friend in his sitcom. There are more family connections in Mrs Brown's Boys but it all gets very complicated. There is no doubt O'Carroll is the head of the family, on stage and off. But he says: "We are not the Waltons, that's for sure." He actually added an extra word into the above quote. It begins with the letter f and is a favourite of O'Carroll, both in life and in his comedy. Despite much of the cast being related, O'Carroll says the Mrs Brown extended family is much larger than that. Rory Cowan (his TV son Rory), Pat 'Pepsi' Shields (his TV son Mark) and Dermot 'Bugsy' O'Neill (Grandad) are not "blood relations" but they have all worked with O'Carroll and the many incarnations of Mrs Brown for 20 years.

"I'm the youngest of 11 kids, most of those I don't care about as much as I do about Rory," says O'Carroll. "The same would be for Pepsi and Bugsy." Image caption Rory Cowan (left) has worked with O'Carroll for 20 years. For anyone not familiar with Mrs Brown - a quick recap. Struggling Irish writer and performer Brendan O'Carroll created the Dublin widow for Irish radio in the early 90s. When the actress due to play Mrs Brown did not turn up, O'Carroll, who was only 35 at the time, took on the role himself. It became a huge success and opened doors for O'Carroll, including writing a 1999 film starring Anjelica Houston. But he overstretched himself financing another film project and went bust. Five plays Mrs Brown was brought back to life for the stage in order to pay his debts. It was a phenomenal success in Dublin and just over a decade ago made its way to Glasgow, where a series of five plays have annually drawn huge and loyal audiences to the city's Pavilion Theatre.

Glaswegian comedy writer Ian Pattison, the creator of Rab C Nesbitt, told BBC producer Stephen McCrum there was something remarkable happening that he needed to check out. McCrum travelled up from London to see it and was instantly convinced it would be a TV success. O'Carroll says: "Afterwards he came back to the dressing room and said 'we'd like to make a sitcom of this'. "I went 'thanks very much'. Image caption Mrs Brown's neighbour Winnie is played by O'Carroll's sister Eilish "When he had gone I said I had no idea who he was but people don't just walk in and say they want to make a sitcom. "'He's probably a janitor', I said." McCrum was as good as his word and a TV phenomenon was born. The first series was received sniffily by the critics but the viewing figures were massive for a new comedy show. The second series has so far picked up five major awards, including a Bafta. Eight million people watched the last episode of the second series. O'Carroll says: "You don't really get a sense of what eight million people watching feels like.

It is twice the population of Ireland, so I can't even get a concept of that." And it is not just the number of people watching that has astounded him, it is the intensity of their adoration. "We kind of know it is funny," he says. "We've been doing this on the stage so we know there are gags that are going to work. "But I'm really surprised about how much people love the show." He adds: "I've never felt that way about any programme in my life." Image caption O'Carroll chose to film the studio at BBc Scotland's HQ in Glasgow In addition to those who write to say Mrs Brown is the highlight of their week or that it has helped to get them through depression, O'Carroll says he has now had hundreds of letters from the parents of autistic children. He says: "Letters from people saying thank you for letting us hear our child laugh for the first time ever." The comedian was so baffled by why he seemed to connect with autistic children that he has put funding into two research projects dealing with autism and learning. One is an Irish project to buy ipads for autistic children. He says the technology has revolutionised the way autistic children are taught.

Despite living part of the year in Florida, touring extensively in the UK and filming his TV show in Glasgow, O'Carroll is still very much attached to the Dublin roots from which Mrs Brown springs. Panel show In September next year he will begin filming a movie of Mrs Brown, set in Moore Street market. The script, which O'Carroll says he has not yet had time to write, will involve Mrs Brown becoming an international symbol of the fight against heartless capitalism when she tries to defend her market stall against a property developer. There was also a pilot made for a Saturday night quiz show in which Mrs Brown was the host, given free licence to "destroy" a panel of celebrities. O'Carroll says a pilot for the show was made, and it was "hilarious". You are always terrified that one day they will find out you are a waiter and they will want their money back. But the funnyman turns businessman when he considers how being a panel show star would affect the Mrs Brown brand. It a step he is reluctant to take at the moment. He says: "You have to think product-wise too, that sounds very mercenary, but we spent a lot of time and a lot of effort building this brand.

"Mrs Brown has become a really strong brand and we did not want to throw it away." He adds: "I don't care how funny you think you are, people are entitled to think 'oh no, not him again'. "It might make Mrs Brown more famous but, Jesus, we can't get any more people into the gigs than we do already." The Mrs Brown stage tour no longer plays venues such as the Pavilion Theatre, having moved to 5,000 seat arenas such as the Odyssey in Belfast. Real jobs In 2014, they are booked to go to Australia, where it is the number one show. O'Carroll says the "family" sometimes just "sit down and giggle" at the incredible success but he insists nobody takes it for granted. "I think it is because we all had real jobs," he says. "Bugsy was a window washer, Pepsi was a mechanic, Rory worked in EMI for many years, I was a waiter, Jenny worked in the bank, Eilish worked for Guinness - everybody had real jobs. "You are always terrified that one day they will find out you are a waiter and they will want their money back. So I think we do appreciate it more than normal."

Question: Who plays the title character in the TV series 'Mrs Brown's Boys'?
Answer: BRENDAN O'CARROLL